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Publication details [#4503]
Kujamäki, Pekka and Anna Mauranen, eds. 2004. Translation universals: do they exist? (Benjamins Translation Library 48). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. vi + 224 pp. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Edited volume
Publication language
English
Main ISBN
90-272-1654-1
Edition info
US ISBN: 1-58811-468-6
Also reviewed in: Jeremy Munday (2006). “Translation Studies”. #Years Work Critical and Cultural Theory# 14 (1): 195-208.
Abstract
Translation universals is one of the most intriguing and controversial topics in recent translation studies. Can we discover general laws of translation, independent of the particularities of individual translations? Research into this is new: serious empirical work only began in the late nineties. The present volume offers the state of the art on the issue. It includes a theoretical discussion of alternative conceptualisations and new distinctions around the basic concepts. Several papers test hypotheses on universals in the light of recent work in different languages, and some suggest new ones emerging from empirical work over the last two-three years. The book contributes to the search for generalities in translation, the methodological solutions available, and presents emerging evidence on the kinds of regularities that large-scale research is bringing forth. On a more practical level, the applicability of the hypotheses and findings to translator education is, as always, a concern for translation studies.
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Articles in this volume
Toury, Gideon. Probabilistic explanations in Translation Studies: welcome as they are, would they qualify as universals? 15–32 ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Bernardini, Silvia and Federico Zanettin. When is a universal not a universal? Some limits of current corpus-based methodologies for the investigation of translation universals. 51–62 ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Eskola, Sari. Untypical frequencies in translated language: a corpus-based study on a literary corpus of translated and non-translated Finnish. 83–99 ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Jantunen, Jarmo Harri. Untypical patterns in translations: issues on corpus methodology and synonymity. 101–126 ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Nilsson, Per-Ola. Translation-specific lexicogrammar? Characteristic lexical and collocational patterning in Swedish texts translated from English. 129–141 ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Puurtinen, Tiina. Explicitation of clausal relations: a corpus-based analysis of clause connectives in translated and non-translated Finnish children’s literature. 165–176 ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)